Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Chartreuse Green

Chartreuse Green is a vibrant yellow color with HEX #DFFF00. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 223, 255, 0, HSL 68, 100%, 50%, warm temperature, and is useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design.

#DFFF00 yellow warm vibrant
HEX #DFFF00
RGB rgb(223, 255, 0)
HSL hsl(68 100% 50%)
CMYK cmyk(13, 0, 100, 0)
Luminance 0.8721
Contrast Black 18.44:1White 1.14:1

CSS Utilities

--color-chartreuse-green: #DFFF00;
.bg-chartreuse-green { background-color: #DFFF00; }
.text-chartreuse-green { color: #DFFF00; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.8721
Black text18.44:1AA Pass
White text1.14:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    50
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  }
}
WCAG
{
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    "#000000",
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    "#36454F"
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Harmonies
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}
Variants
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  "light": "#E9FF5C",
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  "saturated": "#DDFF00",
  "desaturated": "#C8E31C",
  "pastel": "#E7F589",
  "neon": "#E2FF29"
}
Pairings
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    "#E9FF5C",
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}
Knowledge graph
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}
Full JSON dataset 
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  ],
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      "growth",
      "balance"
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    ],
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Chartreuse Green Color

Chartreuse Green sits in the yellow family with warm temperature and vibrant visual character. Chartreuse Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include nature, growth, and balance, which makes it relevant for wellness and outdoor brands. In design work, Chartreuse Green is most useful for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Yellow color familyBrowse named yellow colors and compare nearby swatches.Warm colorsExplore colors with warm temperature behavior.Vibrant colorsFind colors with vibrant visual character.Chartreuse Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #DFFF00.Chartreuse Green CSS utilitiesUse Chartreuse Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#DFFF00 HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Chartreuse Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Chartreuse Green.Chartreuse Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Chartreuse Green against black and white text.

Black text18.44:1AA Pass
White text1.14:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Electric Lime#CCFF00
Yellow#FFFF00
Lemon#FFF700
Cadmium Yellow#FFF600
Canary Yellow#FFEF00

Color Harmonies

#2200FF#2200FF
#FFA200#FFA200
#5EFF00#5EFF00
#00DDFF#00DDFF
#FF00DD#FF00DD
Open full Chartreuse Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#E9FF5C#E9FF5C
#8DA300#8DA300
#DDFF00#DDFF00
#C8E31C#C8E31C
#E7F589#E7F589
#E2FF29#E2FF29

Pairings

Black#000000
#2200FF#2200FF
#FFA200#FFA200
#5EFF00#5EFF00
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5